Salted Maple Bacon Truffles

Sue and I are happy to declare this week as BACON WEEK here at joandsue.blogspot.com.

As we all know, bacon makes everything better. Sue and I have decided to prove that point to everyone by sharing recipes this week that feature/highlight bacon. Sometimes in a "normal" way and sometimes in a very creative and unconventional way.

For example....these Salted Maple Bacon Truffles. 

We used our Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles  (click HERE for link)as the base for this recipe and then went all wild and crazy and turned them into something ridiculously bacon-y. 

Not sure about the whole "sweet & salty" thing? These are a good way to ease into it. 

I mean, come on, they have bacon. 

Bacon is the candy of the meat world. 

Salted Maple Bacon Truffles

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 cups flour

1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

1 tsp maple extract

1/2 cup finely chopped, cooked bacon

Topping

2 - 3 cups chocolate chips

1/3 cup very finely diced, cooked bacon

coarse sea salt

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until fluffy.

Add in the flour, condensed milk, maple extract, and bacon.

Stir until well combined. 

Using a small cookie scoop (about 1 Tbsp), scoop dough onto a cookie sheet covered with plastic wrap or parchment paper. I like to roll the dough into balls so they are round but you can leave them with a flat bottom if you want to. 

Freeze balls for about 20 - 30 minutes to firm up.

When dough is chilled; melt chocolate in a microwave safe dish - or on the stove top in a pan - whichever you prefer. Be careful not to over heat the chocolate or it will seize. 

Dip a ball into the melted chocolate and then shake off any excess. Quickly sprinkle a pinch of the very finely diced bacon and a smaller pinch of sea salt onto the top of the truffle before the chocolate solidifies.

Repeat with the rest of the truffles.

I believe I got 56 truffles out of one batch using a small cookie scoop. If you don't have a cookie scoop then you can just pinch off a ping pong ball sized amount of dough and roll it in a ball. 

Once they are all dipped they do not have to be frozen. You only freeze them for a short time to make them easier to dip. 

Because of the bacon they should probably be kept in the fridge until ready to serve. 

You can use whichever chocolate chips you like. I find most people like the milk chocolate better so I tend to use them more often. For the ones pictured above I used 2 cups milk chocolate 1/2 cup dark chocolate, as that is what I had on hand. 

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